Thanks for visiting the Kimmel Retina Center website.

Dr. Andrew S. Kimmel, M.D. has been a retina specialist in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania since July 1990. Prior to coming to Bethlehem, Dr. Kimmel completed a two year fellowship in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous at the prestigious University of Iowa, one of the top five retina programs in the world. Dr. Kimmel is also Director of the St. Luke's Retina Center which is the only hospital-based retina center in the Lehigh Valley.

Kimmel Retina Center is a private medical practice specializing in diseases of the retina and vitreous.

Our Mission is to prevent blindness in as many people as possible who are suffering from retinal diseases, including but not limited to:

• Diabetes mellitus
• Macular degeneration

Please see what our patients say about Kimmel Retina Center.

Eye Disease in the Media

Eye Disease on the Rise with Diabetes (2012 Morning Call article)

The Retina as a Tool for Discerning Changes in the Brain.

  St. Luke's Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Program – “The Watchful Eye” on YouTube. Copyright © 2011 PBS Channel 39 WLVT . 

  See Dr. Kimmel on television discussing conditions and treatments of retina disorders.

  Read about St. Luke's Retina Center in the January 2009 issue of Network Pulse.

  An Open Letter to My Surgeon - Rev. Allen H. Hermansader